Definition

1. Verb:
   • To negotiate: To engage in formal discussion or dialogue with another party to reach an agreement, resolve a dispute, or settle terms.
   • To deliberate / to confer: To discuss a matter carefully and thoughtfully, often in a formal setting, before making a decision.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hai nước đang thương nghị về hiệp định thương mại. (The two countries are negotiating a trade agreement.)
  • Hội đồng quản trị cần thương nghị kỹ trước khi biểu quyết. (The board of directors needs to confer carefully before voting.)

Advanced Usage

• "đàm phán và thương nghị": negotiation and deliberation.
  • Quá trình đàm phán và thương nghị kéo dài nhiều tháng. (The process of negotiation and deliberation lasted for many months.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thương lượng (v): to negotiate, to bargain. Often used interchangeably with "thương nghị," but can imply a more direct bargaining over specific terms.

  • Họ đang thương lượng giá cả. (They are negotiating the price.)

• Bàn bạc (v): to discuss, to talk over. A more general term for discussion, less formal than "thương nghị."

  • Chúng tôi cần bàn bạc thêm về kế hoạch. (We need to discuss the plan further.)

Synonyms

• Negotiate: To try to reach an agreement through discussion.
• Confer: To have discussions; to exchange opinions.
• Deliberate: To engage in long and careful consideration.

Related Idioms

• Ngồi vào bàn thương nghị: To sit down at the negotiation table.
  • Các bên xung đột cuối cùng đã ngồi vào bàn thương nghị. (The conflicting parties finally sat down at the negotiation table.)